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Powerful plan: Saldanha Steel was originally formed as a partnership between Iscor and the Industrial Development Corporation and was arranged by Jan Smuts, below. Photo (above) : Dori Moreno
ELECTRICITY

Clear vision led SA’s industrial revolution

Lessons from when Jan Smuts drove the industrialisation of South Africa in the form of electricity and steel to benefit an elite community

  • Mzukisi Qobo
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